Marie E. Gallaway, 94,
worked at Montgomery Ward

Sharon Stitzlein Published: November 28, 2006 12:00 AM

Marie E. Eberhart Gallaway, 94, of Ashland, died Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006, at Brethren Care Nursing Center.Born Dec. 25, 1912, in Hungary, and the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Szigetti Gasner, she was an Ashland resident most her life. Mrs. Gallaway was employed at the Montgomery Ward Co., where she worked for more then 20 years in the fashion department, and then the credit department. She also had been employed at Paines Music Store as a bookkeeper.Mrs. Gallaway was a member of Southview Grace Brethren Church, Ashland Senior Citizens, AARP and PERI.On April 9, 1934, she married Lawrence Eberhart, who preceded her in death in 1989. On Jan. 24, 1996, she married Robert Gallaway, who preceded her in death in 1999.Survivors include one daughter, Mary E. Leisure of Ashland; son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Carol Eberhart of Ashland; two stepsons and stepdaughters-in-law, David and Jenice Gallaway and John and Norma Gallaway, all of Ashland; and two stepdaughters and stepsons-in-law, Mary Ann and Don Varner of Grafton and Nancy and Earl Peramore of Shiloh. Other survivors include two grandsons, Rick and Diana Eberhart of Ashland, and Robert and Maxine Eberhart of Greenwich; two great-grandchildren, two stepgranddaughters and one great-great-grandson.Marie also is survived by two brothers and sisters-in-law, John and Hilda Gasner of Florida and Lawrence Gene and Georgia Gasner of Cleveland, and one sister Rose Horak of Mesa, Ariz. also survives.In addition to her two husbands, she was preceded in death by one brother, Joseph Gasner; two sisters, Ann Hartman and Elizabeth; and son-in-law, William Leisure.Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2006, at Heyl Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul Tracy officiating. Burial will follow at Ashland County Memorial Park. Friends may visit with the family one hour before the funeral service Tuesday.The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Hospice of North Central Ohio Inc., 1050 Dauch Drive, Ashland, Ohio 44805; or to Belmont Tower, 2140 Center St., Ashland, Ohio 44805. (T-G 11/27/06)